he top 10 in vehicle sales around the world, including Brazilian market (Guedes, Bittar, Serio, & Oliveira, 2015) and it was chosen because of its business’ complexity. Being global demands some flexibility and effective management because it is more likely to appear some type of barriers in the pathway, in an international scenario, a distinct legal requirement can become a potential risk. The automaker in the case, had a structured risk management in each of their departments, with high skilled professionals with expertise in Finance, Operations – focused in purchasing, Environmental and Enterprise issues. Natural disasters and also caused by the human being are observed as well in the article as a potential risk in the Brazilian market which makes it vulnerable and exposed.
本篇assignment中进行了一个案例研究,以说明汽车制造商的实际情况和过程中涉及的风险。作者认为,这是一个完美的例子,说明在任何问题甚至不可抗力中断的情况下,拥有一个有效的供应链管理系统是重要的[2]。这项研究是针对一家汽车制造商进行的,该汽车制造商被列为全球汽车销量前十名,包括巴西市场,之所以选择该公司,是因为其业务的复杂性。全球化需要一定的灵活性和有效的管理,因为在这条道路上更有可能出现某种类型的障碍,在国际情况下,独特的法律要求可能会成为潜在的风险。在本案中,汽车制造商在其每个部门都有结构化的风险管理,拥有在财务、运营方面具有专业知识的高技能专业人员,专注于采购、环境和企业问题。文章中还观察到自然灾害和人类造成的自然灾害是巴西市场的潜在风险,使其变得脆弱和暴露。
Recommendations for Adoption of the Findings by Organizations in other Industries and Reasons
关于其他行业组织采纳调查结果的建议及理由
Some initiatives have been put into practice in Brazilian industries, such as partnership with suppliers, based on trust and mutual growth. One of the world trends is for automakers to coordinate its supply chain, while suppliers work on product development and vehicle assembly processes.
一些举措已在巴西工业中付诸实施,例如在信任和相互增长的基础上与供应商建立伙伴关系。世界趋势之一是汽车制造商协调其供应链,而供应商则致力于产品开发和汽车组装流程。
There is a need to give importance to the assessment, measurement and mitigation of the supply chain risk in the automotive industry, and with this, tools and processes have been created to support the management process, although predominantly focused on the operational level, they aim to reduce the impact of interruptions in the supply chain and transportation networks.
汽车行业需要重视供应链风险的评估、测量和缓解,因此,创建了支持管理流程的工具和流程,尽管主要集中在运营层面,但其目的是减少供应链和运输网络中断的影响。
Not just the automobile industry might face challenges in their supply chain, but also any type of business and thus, is crucial for the company’s survival be prepared to deal with the risk when they appear. The most effective solution for the mitigation risk strategy is treat them according to their nature, as mentioned in the article, the treatments can be through avoidance of the risk, acceptance, reduction, transferability, sharing it or even exporting it. Most of the risks can bring a monetary value, but operational risks need to be monitored as well to avoid run in losses for the business (Guedes et al., 2015).
不仅汽车行业的供应链可能面临挑战,任何类型的业务也可能面临挑战。因此,这对公司的生存至关重要。当风险出现时,做好应对风险的准备。缓解风险策略最有效的解决方案是根据其性质进行处理,如文中所述,处理可以通过规避风险、接受风险、减少风险、可转移风险、分享风险甚至出口风险。大多数风险都可以带来货币价值,但也需要监控运营风险,以避免业务的磨合损失。
The development of the technology plays an important role in the supply chain risks management and the companies need to take advantage of it. It has affected competition by altering the structure of the industry, creating new business, and providing competitive advantages. Technologies such as EDI, WMS, fleet tracking, bar codes, among others, are being used to make it possible to process more information, more accurately, more frequently and from a larger number of geographically dispersed sources. Information technology makes it possible to publish, store and use this growing abundance of information through sophisticated analysis, modeling and decision support systems (Boyson, Corsi & Verbraeck, 2003).
该技术的发展在供应链风险管理中发挥着重要作用,企业需要利用它。它通过改变行业结构、创造新业务和提供竞争优势来影响竞争。EDI、WMS、车队跟踪、条形码等技术正被用于更准确、更频繁地处理来自更多地理分散来源的更多信息。信息技术通过复杂的分析、建模和决策支持系统,使发布、存储和使用日益丰富的信息成为可能。
Therefore, the importance of transparent management with effective corporate governance practices favors the management of risks in the companies’ supply chain, properly managing the opportunities and threats related to its business strategies in the currently c